Desperate and Threatening

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Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.

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Threatening and desperate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Desperate".

Nearby Words: desperately, desperation

Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.

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Desperate and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperate" instead an adjective "Threatening".

Nearby Words: threaten, threatened, threat

Desperate he ends up threatening the restaurant owner with a bat till the guy give up the money.

Source: Loan Shark
Desperate Object Catch: Natasha takes down Crossbones' henchmen, then catches the vial of bioweapon one of them had been threatening to drop.

Source: Film / Captain America: Civil War
Batman: There must be a desperate situation threatening Gotham's very soul!

Source: Either "World Domination", or Something About Bananas

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